UK / West End Theatre Newsroom

Save up to 42% on tickets to Slave Play at the Noel Coward Theatre. Tickets are now available from £17.25.

There will be an open audition process for the 2025/26 West End cast of SIX THE MUSICAL in both London and Salford in June. Find out how to audition here!

If you ask a Jane Austen fan who the villain of Pride & Prejudice is, most of them would probably say George Wickham, the charming soldier who has a hidden history with Darcy. But some, including Adrian Lukis, who played Wickham in the BBC’s 1995 adaptation of the novel, would argue that things are not as black and white as one might think.

A delightful comedy murder mystery musical that expertly blends humour, intrigue, and heartfelt friendship.

With its live singers, superb clowning and disappointing vaudeville acts, The Entertainers’ Cirque: The Greatest Show is bringing its dazzling show around the country.

There are hardly any plays about eating disorders, and when I started writing this one I realised why. They are incredibly difficult illnesses to explain, let alone dramatise. They tend to go on for years – they are not linear – they often involve many cycles of relapse and recovery.

Nottingham Playhouse has announced the full cast for the brand-new production of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy award-winning Best Musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN.

Alongside one world premiere, three new Shakespeare productions and a major revival going on sale at Stratford, RSC Co-Artistic Directors, Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey, have announced their first Winter season at the Barbican, which sees two critically acclaimed productions transfer from Stratford-upon-Avon.

Read the reviews for Kathy and Stella Solve A Murder in the West End! See what the critics are saying, and learn more about the show.

Former actress, bestselling author and poetry champion Allie Esiri and Regents Park Open Air Theatre present Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year – Live!

It’s a lot of pressure being Prince Charming. There’s all those dragons to fight and kingdoms to save, not to mention being charming all the time. Holed up in his bed, Prince Charming is making a list of his worries – Somebody needs to come to our Prince’s rescue.

On Saturday 8 June 2024, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA celebrated its 15,000th performance in the West End. Check out photos here!

Walking into the Soho Theatre Upstairs for Jamie Finn: Nobody’s Talking About Jamie, you are greeted by a bit of an unusual sight - an exercise bike. Finn enters wearing an outfit one might find someone wearing at the gym, with a Blondie t-shirt and bright green gym shorts, and the show begins with him yelling, “Soho Theatre are we ready to rock?'

Written by Emlyn Williams in 1950, Accolade tells the fictional story of an accomplished writer named Will Trenting (Ayden Callaghan) who finds the world he has built falling apart in front of him as a secret from the past comes to haunt him. The production, directed by Sean Mathias, is part of Mathias' 2024 Season for the Theatre Royal Windsor.

We're back for more Ashton, with a variation on the initial Royal Ballet programme

Ivo Graham: Carousel is a step in a new direction for Graham, who is most well-known for his standup comedy, having been performing since the young age of eighteen. In this show, he “invites you onto his own carousel,” bringing you into his world through an hour of remembrance.

DIVA: Live From Hell has arrived at the King’s Head Theatre. With a book and characters by Nora Brigid Monahan and music/ lyrics by Alexander Sage Oyen, the one-man musical brings us into the eternal punishment of Desmond Channing, a high schooler from Florida who is forced to reenact the final few months of his live in a cabaret-style performance.

The final Ashton Worldwide bill at the Royal Opera House (23-24 season) was a Gala programme performed by the Sarasota Ballet in the Linbury Theatre

The powerful story of a tender and gentle human forced into a brutal environment filled with hate and toxic masculinity.

The Old Vic has announced a new production of Tom Stoppard's comedy The Real Thing, directed by Max Webster (Macbeth, Life of Pi) and starring James McArdle (Mare of Easttown, The Tragedy of Macbeth) and Bel Powley (A Small Light, The Morning Show).

Patti LuPone will return to the UK for the first time since her triumphant Oliver Award-winning turn in Company, to perform her solo show Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes.

The talented cast and creatives can only do so much to elevate the musical’s inherent camp, but Jonathan Harvey and the Pet Shop Boys' script and songs feel underbaked with characters who aren’t able to be fleshed out. With this in mind, it feels closer to hell.

The creative team behind the satirical musical Willy's Candy Spectacular has released the fourth demo track from the production, “The Unknown.” Listen here!

In an interview with The Telegraph, Andrew Lloyd Webber revealed that he's finished his next 'big' musical, but did not reveal the title and content.

Two terrific leads will delight audiences, but the source material's misogyny proves too much to simply sweep aside